Hello all
I have started building my new track. I decided to call it the Blue Ridge Parkway.

I was looking for names and came across the actual Blue Ridge Parkway and decided it fitted with what I wanted for my track.

I looked up 'Parkway' and in the US "the word was expanded to include limited-access highways designed for recreational driving of automobiles, with landscaping. These parkways provided scenic routes without very slow or commercial vehicles, at grade intersections, or pedestrian traffic.

Sounded just what I wanted a scenic place for recreation driving. The Blue Ridge Parkway seems such a lovely place, with some nice scenic elements. As I am also incorporating a model railroad in the space I might call it the Blue Ridge Narrow gauge line and use some of the scenic elements like the Mabry Mill and the old farm houses,

Here are the some early build shots with my chief router and foreman and a video of a battery powered car doing a lap.
(The car doesn't grip on some of the tighter turns)

Hi Neil, yes I think there will be a few trees.
I am also planning on incorporate the Blue Ridge Viaduct into the scenery is some manner or form. I do have a couple of spots in mind, or I may make the whole back straight into the viaduct including half the turns at the right end.

I have 4 different scaled trains set ups - but the main one for the track will be 1/48 ON30 - this allows me to run HO trains as well. I also have N Scale and thought about putting a loop around the outside of the board to run these as well, they make for impressive long trains, plus I have the original Bullet Train as well.

My slot/train space is 2.4m wide by 8m long so what I am planning is 4.8x1.2 slot track and 2.4 x 1.2 with a little bit extra on one side for a yard. I will be doing this layout - I like it because it has 5 bridges

Oh yeah the elevations as they appear are only what we did with a couple of bricks - next job is to take the old track off the table so I can put the new one up and then set it up properly. I want a bit of up and down in the back straight if I can get it.